Eardrum repair waiting time at Royal Darwin Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Darwin Hospital waited 767 days or less for eardrum repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty". This public hospital is in the Tiwi area of Northern Territory.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 767 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 376 days in 2011–12 to 767 days in 2024–25 — up 104% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Palmerston Regional Hospital, about 19 km away, at 326 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 767 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 377 days | 52.8% | 108 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 162 days | 27.8% | 234 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.
Palmerston Regional Hospital, NT · about 19 km away: 326 days
Katherine Hospital, NT · about 276 km away: 391 days
Kununurra Hospital, WA · about 445 km away: 215 days
Gove Hospital, NT · about 641 km away: 427 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Darwin Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 376 | 92 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | 270 | 143 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 344 | 155 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 490 | 243 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 575 | 202 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 259 | 234 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 76 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 88 | 128 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 318 | not published | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 180 | not published | 292 |
| 2021–22 | 261 | not published | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 210 | not published | 283 |
| 2023–24 | 424 | not published | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 767 | 377 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Eardrum repair across Australia · Eardrum repair in Northern Territory · All surgery waits in Northern Territory